Vietnam airline under intense fire for mid-air lingerie show

Vietnam’s budget airline has been fined by the country’s aviation authority, after they put on a mid-air lingerie show while carrying home the national under-23 football squad.

VietJet chartered a special flight to carry the team home from the under-23 Asian Football Championship final in China on Sunday as part of a “hero’s welcome,” despite the squad narrowly losing to Uzbekistan.

VietJet is notorious for their scantily-clad flight staff who often saunter the aisles in bikinis during flights and represent the airline in raunchy calendars and marketing campaigns.

However, the risqué display for the team – and waiting media – has been deemed a step too far for many netizens, who took to social media to lambaste the airline for the “cheap pr stunt” and called on people to boycott the airline.

A lengthy Facebook post by user Nguyen Quang to the company’s CEO has received more than 76,000 likes and 46,000 shares. “Do you want to rename Vietjet ‘Vietjerk’, or ‘Vietsex’?” Quang wrote.